SLD Requirements & Verification Lead, Sr Systems Engineer, Cargo Delivery Element - Lunar Permanence (R38006)

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s multiple Blue Moon lander product lines. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. 

As part of a diverse and hardworking team of engineers and designers, you will serve as the Requirements and Verification Lead across the Cargo Delivery Element (CDE) and its interfacing spacecraft, reporting directly to the CDE Senior Manager. You will work to define vehicle and module-level requirements in support of the Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program life-cycle to ensure a successful verification, validation, and certification campaign of the CDE. The generation and ownership of program specification documentation and other systems engineering artifacts will be part of your everyday role. This work also includes shaping of requirements and interface definitions as they apply to other SLD elements that have a stake in the CDE and its mission architecture. You will lead in the verification and validation planning and processes, including overseeing those products delivered by the supporting National Team partners, to certify the CDE. You will be expected to direct and coordinate these requirements with program systems engineering and external element teams. You will support the CDE team, including both systems engineers and systems integrators, to implement such processes and strategies, that will provide Lunar Permanence lander vehicles with Cargo Accommodations products to enable unprecedented crew and mass to surface capabilities.

As a Requirements & Verification Lead, you will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners and Human-class Cargo providers as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) SLD program. You will play a key role in developing the Lunar Permanence system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Special Mentions

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 50% of the time
• Interviews will include a technical assessment

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Author requirement non-compliance rationale to gain customer disposition.
• Develop program-level verification and validation activity definition including system-level verification and validation events and integration of element-level events.
• Develop system-level verification closure products including preparation of Detailed Verification Objectives and Verification Closure Notices.
• Track metrics against requirements, verification, and certification products.
• Support system and lower-level requirements management, including change control, audits, and coordination with other teams. 
• During system engineering reviews of requirement development, decomposition, and allocation activities (requirements traceability), apply definition of customer needs, integration, requirements definition, verification and validation planning, and requirements management.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand vehicle requirements and ensure strong, continued communications throughout the lifecycle of the mission.
• Support in the definition of vehicle-level interfaces between systems and elements.
• Support in the authoring of safety artifacts, including functional hazard assessments and hazard mitigations.
• Define tailored technical standards and verification strategies.
• Work with multiple partners to define system-level interfaces that cross element boundaries.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Physics, Systems Engineering or related technical subject area.
• Experience of 5+ years working requirements definitions, decomposition, verification and validation completion in aerospace or other applicable industries.
• Experience with defining and managing interfaces, interface requirements, and interface agreements across single and multiple systems.
• Proven technical leadership and project management skills in highly multi-functional roles.
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